Startup Inc.Arabia Staff Dubai-Based Fragrance Delivery Technologies Secures US$1.96 Million... The eco-friendly air freshener firm will use the fresh capital to upgrade its JAFZA facility with automation, improving production efficiency and scaling output to meet rising global demand.
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff UAE-Based estaie Wraps Up Seven-Figure Pre-Seed Funding Round Founded by Nimit Solanki, Osama Shawky, and Mark Reed, estaie operates at the intersection of hospitality, real estate, and corporate travel, targeting a segment that sits between short-term hotel stays and long-term residential leasing.
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff WHOOP Founder Will Ahmed On Raising US$575 Million To Build "The Wo... The investment in WHOOP has been made through a Series G funding round that gives the company a valuation of $10.1 billion.
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff Dubai-Based CarniStore Secures US$12.25 Million Investment From The... Co-founded by Fikry Boutros and Daniel Wanies, the premium butcher shop and smokehouse will use the fresh capital to scale operations, expand product lines, and support regional growth plans.
News Inc.Arabia Staff American Investment Firm Blackstone Backs UAE-Born Payments And Dat... The platform aims to power regulated digital ecosystems across emerging and international markets.
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff Hamilton Labs Secures Investment From AXIAN Investment To Expand Do... Founded by Egyptian entrepreneurs Ehab Zaghloul and Mohamed Elkasstawi, Hamilton Labs is building financial infrastructure to help fintech platforms offer dollar-based savings, payments, and treasury products across emerging markets.
Startup daoudiala Qatar’s Startup Ecosystem Is Being Tested Again—And Here’s How It I... "Each time the Qatari startup ecosystem has faced a crisis, it did not simply recover; it recalibrated, rebuilt, and emerged ahead of where it started."
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff UAE-Based MovitOn Secures US$2 Million in Community-Led Pre-Sale to... Inc. Arabia spoke with MovitOn founder Erik Beken Tleubeck to learn how his platform is able to deliver up to 75 percent cost reduction when compared to traditional carriers like DHL, UPS, and FedEx.
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff Powering Up: Scalvy Founder Mohamed Badawy On His US-Based Startup’... The new investment will be used to support certification, field testing, and deployment of Scalvy’s distributed power delivery platform, as well as team expansion to meet growing customer demand.
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff UK-Born Healthtech Startup Bioniq To Be Acquired By US-Based Health... The transaction between Herbalife, which is led by CEO Stephan Gratziani, and Bioniq, which is led by co-founder and President Vadim Fedotov, is expected to close in the second quarter of 2026.
Technology Inc.Arabia Staff UAE-Headquartered Crescent Enterprises Co-Leads US-Based XCath’s US... Founded in 2017 as a spinout from the University of Texas' Microsurgical Robotics Laboratory, XCath is building an endovascular robotic system intended for clinical use.
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff Abu Dhabi-Based Presight Invests In Six AI Companies Through US$100... The investments form part of the Presight–Shorooq Fund I (PSFI), a US$100 million global early-stage fund the company had launched in partnership with Abu Dhabi-based investment firm Shorooq.
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff Ziina And Virtuzone Partner To Provide Payments Infrastructure And... Ziina co-founder and CEO Faisal Toukan told Inc. Arabia that the partnership will enable SMEs to gain early visibility over their revenues and improve liquidity, allowing them to operate with greater financial control from the outset.
Grow Yasmine Nazmy Runway Equals Resilience: Why (And How) MENA Entrepreneurs Should R... Inc. Arabia spoke to ADNOC Drilling CFO Youssef Salem and Shorooq Founding Partner Shane Shin to secure insights that offer a pragmatic lens on navigating volatility.
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff Abu Dhabi-Based Shorooq Invests In Paris-Headquartered AMI Labs’ US... Founded by French-American artificial intelligence (AI) scientist Yann LeCun, AMI Labs is developing AI systems based on “world models” designed to learn from real-world data and support enterprise applications.
Money Inc.Arabia Staff UAE-Based Nahda Capital Partners Targets US$300 Million For Inaugur... In a conversation with Inc. Arabia, Nahda Capital Partners founder and Managing Partner Iñigo de Luna shared insight into his firm’s new fund, which will be managed from Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM).
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff From The Investor Desk: Eight Perspectives For MENA Founders Buildi... Here's what voices from the region’s investment community told entrepreneurs operating in this landscape to focus on in the present moment.
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff From The Investor Desk: Propeller’s Zaid Farekh On What MENA Founde... “Markets reward companies that adapt faster than the change happening around them.”
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff UAE-Based Skipr Pockets US$2 Million To Grow Its Sovereign AI Infra... Inc. Arabia spoke to Skipr co-founder Adnan Fatayerji to learn how the startup—which is based out of Abu Dhabi's Hub71—is building the governance and coordination layer required for autonomous systems to operate without compromising control.
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff From The Investor Desk: Silicon Badia’s Hossam Shafick On What MENA... “In uncertain markets, relationships become a real strategic advantage. Founders who invest in them early will always have more options when the environment tightens.”
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff From The Investor Desk: VentureSouq’s Sonia Weymuller On What MENA... “The companies that endure are those designed to survive shocks... Growth still matters, but resilience is what allows you to keep growing if and when the market tightens.”
News Inc.Arabia Staff Jack Ma Foundation’s Philanthropic Initiative, Africa’s Business He... In its eighth edition, this year's Africa’s Business Heroes, themed “Defining Africa’s Future Today,” aims to support founders building solutions across climate-smart agriculture, fintech, healthcare, logistics, manufacturing, and emerging tech.
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff From The Investor Desk: Shorooq’s Dr. Bilal Baloch On What MENA Fou... “The strongest companies deepen customer relationships precisely when uncertainty is highest—not because the environment got easier, but because their competitors disappeared, and they didn't.”
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff UAE-Based Paquik Bags US$85,000 Pre-Seed To Expand Its Cross-Border... In an interview with Inc. Arabia, Paquik co-founder and CEO George Antaki shared how his company operates a mobile application that connects individuals who need to send items internationally with travelers already heading to the same destination.
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff From The Investor Desk: Wamda Capital’s Fares Ghandour On What MENA... “The uncertainty that lowers other people's appetite for this market is precisely what creates room for those of you who choose to stay.”
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff From The Investor Desk: Pact VC’s Lucy Chow On What MENA Founders S... “I advise all SME and startup founders to focus on riding out the long-tail effect that this geopolitical situation will have on their businesses.”
Grow Yasmine Nazmy Paradigm Shift: RiseUp Summit’s Abdelhameed Sharara On How His Egyp... “Today, every youth, not just from Generation X or Gen Z or Gen Alpha even, they all want to start something or even to work with a startup; so, that’s a massive change.”
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff Egypt-Based Logistics Startup Bosta Tests The Boundaries Of A Local... Amid reports of a potential IPO, Bosta co-founder and CEO Mohamed Ezzat weighs in on the last-mile enterprise's road to become one of the country’s first tech-driven logistics listings.
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff Dubai-Based Takeem Secures Investment From Second Century Ventures,... Founded by Rakesh Mavath and Pooja Vithlani, the proptech startup, which provides a rental guarantee model to institutional portfolios, is now expanding into the business-to-consumer segment, with a focus on individual landlords.
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff Saudi Arabia-Based Cybersecurity Startup Solidrange Pockets US$2.4... Solidrange founder Jamal M. Labani shared with Inc. Arabia how his the company is building locally grounded cybersecurity solutions amid rising regulatory and institutional demands in the region.
News Inc.Arabia Staff UAE-Based Proptech Stake Closes US$31 Million Series B Led By MENAT... Inc. Arabia spoke to Stake co-founder and co-CEO Rami Tabbara to learn how his platform is building the rails to digitize and fractionalize the real estate asset class in a regulated, compliant way.
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff Kuwait-Based Edtech Baims Acquires Iraq-Based MedMasters As Part Of... The partnership allows Baims to offer specialized medical education as well as to expand its footprint into Iraq.
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff Jordan-Based Alefredo Acquires UK-Based Tutor House To Build Integr... The acquisition strengthens Alefredo’s AI-powered platform by merging curriculum-rich content with Tutor House’s network of tutors and established UK market presence.
Grow Anas (Andy) Abbar Earned Vs. Paid Media In The MENA: The Model Is Broken, And We Need... The question is not whether earned media still exists. The question is whether we are brave enough to redefine it.
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff UAE-Based ZIWO Secures Strategic Backing To Expand Its Arabic-First... The new investment in ZIWO, which is led by co-founder and CEO Renaud de Gonfreville, comes from UAE-based Ajeej Capital’s Amplify Growth Fund, headed by Sharaf Sharaf.